Fun! Ow! Yawn!

I had a great weekend last week. I went to a "Fellows Happy Hour." Actually, the only Fellows there were Sara and Caroline and me, but some of their friends were there, too. They were really fun people.

I was wearing makeup and a cute little dress and had my hair down and naturally wavy. Sara didn't recognize me at first."Wow! You clean up good! I was thinking, 'Who is that beautiful girl walking in here?' And then I realized it was you! Seriously. You look great." Heh.

On the one hand, she was so complimentary about how nice I looked. On the other hand, do I look that bad normally? Well, to be fair, she usually only sees me right after a hard day of teaching. It was great to have new conversations with new people.

Then I met up with Madrid, Jen, Laura, Carolina, Jenny, Reesa and Pete. We chatted for a while. Then Madrid and Jen took off and the rest of us went dancing at Opal. Laura, Carolina and I stayed the longest, shimmying into the early-morning hours. Carolina was even nice enough to drive me home so I didn't have to deal with wierd guys on the subway.

This week has gone by quickly, but the kids have been stressing me out so much I'm getting stabbing pains in my stomach. My pre-ulcer hasn't been this exacerbated in years. I've put myself on a bland diet, and I hope that will help for now. I had been thinking about staying at my school, but I guess this means I need to look for a new place to work. But as Mom says, "Sometimes the devil you know is better than the devil you don't!" Actually, I laughed when she said it, because I had been thinking the exact same thing.

Last night Carolina, Laura and I went dancing at Opal again. It was fun, but today I was so tired I took a three-hour nap! A nap. I never used to nap. Naps make me feel all disoriented ("Where am I? What time is it? What's going on?) but I guess I must have needed it (more due to the teaching than the dancing).